• TERRY FOX - 'Labyrinth Of The Inner Ear' CD

"Labyrinth Of The Inner Ear" is an audio produced for the exhibition "Sonambiente". It was recorded in Berlin, April 2006 with the CD produced directly after the recording process and presented during Sonambiente, in the former Polish Embassy. This "drone" work consists of the repetitive tapping of a sightless person (artist Siegfried Saerberg) navigating his way through an urban environment. The sound of the cane, tapping or sweeping back and forth, is a constant in the composition; it ceases only when Siegfried stops, e.g. at an interesting acoustical space, for a ride in a public transport. Location interpretations can be ascertained by the sounds surrounding the steady central position of the cane; an alley, a busy shopping district, the relative quietness of a back street, a park etc.

Terry Fox (1943-2008) was one of the leading pioneers of American Body Art and Conceptual art. He became famous in the 70's with performances in which he used his own body as a medium for exploring often extreme physical and psychological experiences. With his lifelong, innovative exploration of sound and space he was also one of the seminal figures in contemporary Sound Art. In his later years quiet sounds at the limit of audibility and silence became more and more prominent, using the elemental forms of human existence to explore the possibilities of sculpture and extend its limits.

Ltd x 300 copies in a Braille-embossed, 6-panel DVD-size digipak, with liner notes and photographs documenting the piece.

TERRY FOX - 'Labyrinth Of The Inner Ear' CD

  • Record Label: Auf Abwegen
  • Genre: Field Recording / Sound Art
  • Availability: In Stock
  • £14.00


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